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Pakistan earn 12 WTC points (100 PCT) after opening win against defending champions South Africa

Noman Ali’s 10-wicket haul and Shaheen Afridi’s four-for seal victory at Gaddafi Stadium

Australia stay No. 1 with three wins in three; India close in after 2–0 sweep over West Indies

Pakistan opened their ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 campaign with a 93-run win in the first of two matches against defending champions South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Defending a target of 277 runs (Pakistan: 378 & 167), the hosts dismissed the Proteas for 183 all out in the second innings, with eventual Player of the Match Noman Ali claiming four wickets for match figures of 10/191. Shaheen Afridi, who also claimed a four-for, wrapped

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